What they said

The crisis in this sector has an economic cost that we all pay, and the World Bank estimated it about ten years ago at more than two billion dollars per year.

We will pursue Hamas members and their envoys anywhere and anytime; there is no place for you to hide

My goal is to smash the murderous Iranian regime, remove the threat looming over us, and conclude many peace treaties.

If they do that, it will be a grave mistake, because we will respond forcefully and in ways they cannot even imagine.

They do not want me re-elected.

After God curses the hour

Prices have indeed returned to their previous levels, especially in Beirut and some areas, and may even have exceeded them in some areas despite limited supply and construction.

Apartments with a suitable location, good specifications and a realistic price find better opportunities to reach serious buyers, while properties priced at exaggerated figures face marketing difficulties, which lengthens their listing period and delays the completion of deals. It is necessary to distinguish between the price requested by the owner and the actual market value that can be achieved, as the market has become more sensitive to pricing, and relying on historical prices or personal expectations is no longer sufficient.

I praise the courage of the soldiers

But if the United States chooses war instead of diplomacy, that will certainly lead to a greater strategic failure.

We are ready to give diplomacy another chance if we see evidence of a genuine American desire to reach a just solution.

We must dismantle the Palestinian Authority, disarm it, and completely eliminate the infrastructure of terrorism

We must not wait for an October 7 to occur in the West Bank; we must act before it is too late.

We will not accept Iran and the Houthis blackmailing global trade

America spent over the past 3 years $11 billion of taxpayers' money on Israel's missile defense system

This legal failure, as happened in not referring the explosives file to the Judicial Council, will transfer legitimacy to whoever is able to impose it.

This armed group will remain displeased and angry and will threaten every time the state, or part of it, tries to enforce any law that curtails its dominance.

Unless the government moves to implement the decision to disarm Iran's party, Lebanon will remain a state with suspended implementation or its fate will be extinction.

It will end very soon

I don't care much how the war with Iran ends, but it is certain that it will end very soon.

I no longer have anyone to negotiate with now after targeting Iran's leadership levels

We had to act to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon

Oil prices will fall further once the war in Iran ends

He is worth nothing

The path to Lebanon's survival is the absence of any arms outside the state and the implementation of the Taif Agreement to the letter. Some propose the tripartite formula, and others propose federalism; but the solution to the Lebanese problem comes through implementing the Taif Agreement and openness to developing it after confining arms and ensuring there is no illegitimate arms, so that compliance with the constitution can be held to account.

The Taif Agreement has not been implemented, and the most appropriate option is for the state to extend its authority over its entire territory. I adhere to the Taif Agreement because it stopped a war and has not been tried in order to know its merits and whether it has flaws. The Lebanese state must implement the Taif Agreement in the full sense of the word and then search for amendments if necessary.

Hezbollah's rigidity, fanaticism and extremism, and the continued dominance of arms, will produce extremism among other sects, contrary to the spirit of the Taif Agreement.

There must be people like Nawaf Salam and the removal of the paralyzing deep state in Lebanon. Bashar al-Assad fell in Syria but he did not fall in Lebanon, and he still rules through his apparatuses that were raised in Lebanon within the deep state. Before the problem of weapons and the state's exclusive control over the decision of war and peace is resolved, anything is in vain.

The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are trying to implement Taif, but they cannot implement it amid a deep state that has ruled Lebanon for 30 years. They could not change a university president or a financial public prosecutor because there is a mafia ruling Lebanon from among the sectarian leaders.

The Taif Agreement has not been implemented, and the most appropriate option is for the state to extend its authority over its entire territory. I adhere to the Taif Agreement because it stopped a war and has not been tried in order to know its merits and whether it has flaws. The Lebanese state must implement the Taif Agreement in the true sense of the word, then search for amendments if necessary.